A Stravinsky Portrait

Overview

This documentary follows composer and conductor Igor Stavinsky at his home in California, in London, and in Hamburg where he conducts an orchestra rehearsal. Includes conversations with a variety of friends and musical collaborators. Includes footage of Stravinsky and Balanchine discussing the Variations (in memoriam Aldous Huxley) and rehearsing their ballet Apollo with Suzanne Farrell.

Cast

Igor Stravinsky

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George Balanchine

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Pierre Boulez

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Robert Craft

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Jacques d'Amboise

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Suzanne Farrell

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Gloria Govrin

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Gerald Heard

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Christopher Isherwood

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Nicolas Nabokov

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